Description (Catalog Card): Beads. String of gold and lapis balls alternating.     
Description (Archival): Necklace. Five Strings of Gold and Lapis1     
U Number: 10978G     
Description (Modern): 91 beads, all round to oval in shape. only 5 beads are gold. 2 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 2 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 24 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 13 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 17 lapis, followe2     
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B17061c     
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 83-7-1.56     
Measurement (Length): 373     
Measurement (Weight): 8.4     
Notes: When Woolley excavated the beads, he strung them according to how they were in the ground. Legrain later strung them as necklaces and gave them B numbers. Maude restrung them back into strings in 1983 resulting in the date number. Records recording these changes do not exist at this point. B and date are just guesses     
[1] Description according to CBS Register.
[2] Description from Aubrey Baadsguaard and Keeper of Near East Section.

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